Executive Office for Immigration Review
Announces New Appointments at the Board of Immigration
Appeals

FALLS CHURCH, VA -- The Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR) announced today the appointments
by the Attorney General of three new Members of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (Board).The new Board Members are Cecelia M. Espenoza, Juan
P. Osuna, and NoŽl A. Brennan.

Cecelia M. Espenoza

Prior to her appointment to the Board, Espenoza
taught immigration law and trial advocacy as an Associate
Professor of Law at St. Maryís University School of Law in
San Antonio, Texas, since July 1997.She also supervised law students in the Immigration
Clinic at St. Maryís Center for Legal and Social Justice.From August 1990 to May 1997, she taught immigration
and criminal law and evidence as an Assistant Professor of
Law at the University of Denver College of Law in Denver,
Colorado.She
also developed an immigration externship program in Denver
which placed students in immigration law positions. She has
authored numerous articles on immigration matters in
prominent legal publications. In Utah, Espenoza worked as a
city prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney in Salt Lake
City from 1986 to 1990, and as a city prosecutor in Sandy
City from 1984 to 1986. She was Director of the Migrant Unit
and Bilingual Attorney for the Utah Legal Services, Inc.,
from 1982 to 1984. Since 1982, she has served on several
immigration-related panels of the American Bar Association
(ABA), including the Pro Bono Immigration Board and the
Immigration Coordinating Council. She chaired the ABAís
Immigration Committee from 1987 to 1989.Espenoza received her B.A. in 1979 and her J.D. in
1982, both from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.She is a member of the Utah, Colorado, and Texas
State Bars.

Juan P. Osuna

Before his appointment to the Board, Osuna served as
senior principal attorney editor at West Group, the
preeminent publisher of legal materials in the United
States, until the end of 1999. As part of his duties at
West, he was responsible for all editorial, management, and
publication aspects of Interpreter Releases, one of the most
prestigious publications on immigration and nationality law,
as well as other immigration law periodicals, books, and
electronic products, including the monthly Immigration
Briefings. He also was responsible for site management of
West Groupís editorial operations in Washington, D.C.Since 1997, Osuna has also served as a consultant for
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., in Washington,
D.C., where he has edited a number of publications.Previously, he taught law at the Federal Judicial
Centerís Division of Court Education, in Washington, D.C.,
and at The American University, where he was an adjunct
professor in the Universityís Washington Semester Program.
Osuna has also worked at the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America and at the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, both in Washington, D.C.After receiving his B.A. in 1985 from George
Washington University, Osuna attended the Washington College
of Law at The American University, where he earned his J.D.
in 1988. In 1989, he also received an M.A. in law and
international affairs from the Universityís School of
International Service.He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

NoŽl A. Brennan

Before joining the Board, since June 1994, Brennan
served in the Department of Justice as Deputy Assistant
Attorney General in the Office of Justice Programs, where
she was the chief architect of Attorney General Janet
Renoís community justice agenda.From 1987 to 1994, she worked as an Assistant U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia.Brennan served as a law clerk in the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia from 1986 to 1987, and on
the Superior Court for the District of Columbia from 1985 to
1986.Brennan
was a principal in setting up the D.C. Mediation Service,
the first mediation service in the District of Columbia.Throughout her career, she has been active in pro
bono and legal services efforts in the D.C. community.Brennan received her B.A. from Marywood College in
1969, her M.A. from George Washington University in 1972,
and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985,
where she has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since 1991.She is a member of the District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania, and New York Bars and currently serves on the
Board of Governors of the D.C. Bar.

The Board of Immigration Appeals is part of the
Executive Office for Immigration Review located in Falls
Church, Virginia, and is responsible for hearing appeals of
decisions rendered by Immigration Judges or certain INS
officers.It is
the highest administrative body for interpreting and
applying Federal immigration laws.